Alex Barros Completes
a Perfect MotoGP Weekend in EstorilEstoril, Portugal, April 15-17th - Alex Barros
went from pole position to victory to cap a perfect weekend
for the Brazilian, having dominated every session of the betandwin.com
Grande Premio de Portugal. In unpredictable cloudy and cool
conditions at the Estoril circuit, Barros chased early leader
Sete Gibernau over the opening stages before the Spaniard
crashed out on the seventeenth lap.Valentino Rossi and Max
Biaggi did their best to cut down the gap to Barros in the
closing stages but wisely decided not to take any risks as
they sealed podium finishes.

As light drizzle began to fall, the teams prepared the riders’
second machines in case they needed to come in and change
to wet tyres. However, despite a precarious final three laps
and a huge rear slide on the last of them, Barros held his
nerve to clinch his first win in over two years.

“I’m really happy because I had been quickest
in every session this weekend but this was the only one that
really counted,” smiled Barros, who last tasted podium
champagne at Valencia at the end of the 2002 season.

Alex confers in the Camel Honda pits with his team manager
before ging out to secure Pole.

Barros
Smashes Pole Record at Sunny EstorilQualifying, Saturday April 16th - Alex Barros
continued his dominance of the betandwin.com Grande Premio
de Portugal on Saturday with the fastest times in the final
free practice session and in afternoon qualifying, when he
smashed the pole position record by 0.731 seconds. Barros,
who was also fastest in both practice sessions yesterday,
held off a strong challenge for pole from Honda colleague
Sete Gibernau and Ducati’s Carlos Checa, who sealed
his first front row start for the Italian factory in third
place behind his Spanish compatriot.

“I’m really, really happy,” commented Barros.
“We’ve been working all weekend to find a good
base setting for the machine. We tried some new Michelin tyres
this morning and I was confused about what race tyre to choose,
but we spent a lot of this afternoon’s session working
on it and now everything is clear. At the end I put a qualifying
tyre on and I was surprised by the lap time.”

After leading the way in the closing stages of the session,
Checa was knocked down to the second row by Valentino Rossi
before a last lap charge that took him back above the reigning
World Champion at the chequered flag. Rossi now heads an all-Italian
second row from Marco Melandri, who made a brave challenge
for pole after crashing his number one Honda just eleven minutes
from the end of the session, and Checa’s Ducati team-mate
Loris Capirossi.

Colin Edwards was one of the riders to lose out in the late
flurry for times, a mistake in the first turn of his fastest
lap costing him valuable tenths and relegating him to seventh
place on the Yamaha. Edwards is joined on the third row by
Max Biaggi and his factory Honda team-mate Nicky Hayden, who
had preceded Melandri into the gravel trap just as the pace
increased in the final quarter of the session.

John Hopkins also crashed out whilst putting together a lap
that looked certain to put him on the front row, the Suzuki
rider eventually qualifying eleventh fastest behind Kawasaki’s
Shinya Nakano, whilst Makoto Tamada spent the majority of
the session nursing his wrist after crashing his Honda early
in the session. Fortunately for the Japanese rider his lap
time on the third of his four laps was enough for the final
position on tomorrow’s starting grid.

Randy de Puniet bounced back from his crash in the opening
round of the season at Jerez six days ago to take pole position
for the 250cc race. The Frenchman and his Aprilia team-mate
Sebastián Porto looked impressive throughout this afternoon’s
session and look certain to provide a stern challenge Honda’s
Dani Pedrosa, with Porto second fastest ahead of the World
Champion today. Andrea Dovizioso completes the front row of
the grid in just his second quarter-litre Grand Prix for Honda.

Mika Kallio continued his domination of the 125cc class this
weekend with a new pole record on the KTM. Kallio had already
dipped under the previous record with his provisional pole
time on Friday and today clocked held off the challenge of
Honda rival Thomas Luthi. Series leader Maro Simoncelli was
third fastest whilst fellow Aprilia rider Hector Faubel secured
his first-ever front row start in fourth place.

Barros' Perfect RaceThe Race,
Sunday April 17th
- Alex Barros went from pole position to victory to cap a
perfect weekend for the Brazilian, having dominated every
session of the betandwin.com Grande Premio de Portugal. In
unpredictable cloudy and cool conditions at the Estoril circuit,
Barros chased early leader Sete Gibernau over the opening
stages before the Spaniard crashed out on the seventeenth
lap.

As light drizzle began to fall, the teams prepared the riders’
second machines in case they needed to come in and change
to wet tyres. However, despite a precarious final three laps
and a huge rear slide on the last of them, Barros held his
nerve to clinch his first win in over two years.

“I’m really happy because I had been quickest
in every session this weekend but this was the only one that
really counted,” smiled Barros, who last tasted podium
champagne at Valencia at the end of the 2002 season. “Sete
got away well and I didn’t get a good start, but once
I was up to second place I just tried to put pressure on him.
In the end he crashed and it was a hard race mentally from
that point on to keep my focus and stay on the bike.”

Valentino Rossi and Max Biaggi did their best to cut down
the gap to Barros in the closing stages but wisely decided
not to take any risks as they sealed podium finishes. Second
place for Rossi extended his advantage at the top of the overall
standings to seven points, with Barros now moving up to second
in the championship, whilst third place for Biaggi represented
a welcome first podium of the season for the factory HRC team.

Valentino
Rossi (Gauloises Yamaha Team) 2nd
"That was a really difficult race for me. The conditions
were so strange, with patches of rain here and there. In the
beginning it was light rain, then it got worse and worse so
that the first part of the track was very wet. It was a horrible
feeling to ride with slicks in the wet. Anyway, I'm very happy
to have finished in second place because we're now 20 points
ahead, and this was a very important race for us in terms
of the championship. The bike still has a few problems and
we have a lot of work to do. Today was a bit of miracle really,
there was quite a lot of luck involved!

"I
gradually got used to the conditions during the race but it's
not ideal to ride like that. The new wet race rules are better
for TV but it's not entirely safe, although it's clearer now
for all the riders when the race has been declared as wet.
I think it's impossible in our sport, though, to find a perfect
rule for that."

Marco Melandri continued his excellent start to the season,
following up third place in the opening round at Jerez with
fourth place today after an entertaining battle throughout
the race with Colin Edwards. With the American crashing five
laps from the end, Carlos Checa took advantage to clinch fifth
place on the Ducati after starting from the front row whilst
Edwards returned to the track to bring his Yamaha home in
sixth.

Colin
Edwards (Gauloises Yamaha Team) 6th
"That was a good race although of course I am disappointed
about falling. The bike felt completely different from the
Jerez race and I felt like I could have kept pace with Rossi
and Barros quite easily. Unfortunately I was fighting with
Melandri and for the first half of the race I just couldn't
make the pass stick on him; gradually the leaders just edged
away. Finally I got away from him and I was pushing in order
to keep a space between us, but I hit that slippery patch
at turn one and went down, it just caught me off guard! Everywhere
else on the track was okay and you could get the bike fully
leaned over, but turn one was just like ice. It was my mistake
and I'm annoyed, but the rest of the race was really encouraging
and a big improvement."

Nicky Hayden recovered from a bad start to take seventh after
crashes for both John Hopkins and Troy Bayliss in that position,
with Shinya Nakano and Loris Capirossi also making the top
ten. Bayliss recovered to take twelfth behind Ruben Xaus,
with Kenny Roberts, Roberto Rolfo, Toni Elias and James Ellison
completing the points.

Casey
Stoner took victory in a thrilling 250cc race after an audacious
last lap pass on Randy de Puniet. In a packed front group
which also featured Andrea Dovizioso, Dani Pedrosa and Alex
de Angelis, Stoner made his move around the outside of De
Puniet as the Frenchman blocked the inside line in the famous
‘Parabolica Interior’ corner, before holding on
to take his first win in the class. Dovizioso then mugged
De Puniet in the chicane to snatch second place, with Pedrosa
happy to take fourth ahead of De Angelis. Sebastián
Porto had made an electric start to the race but was swallowed
up by the pack in the second half as he seemed to suffer a
technical problem, eventually crossing the line in ninth place.

Mika Kallio became the first Finnish rider in 30 years to
take a Grand Prix victory with his debut win in the 125cc
class. Kallio held off a late attack from Spaniard Hector
Faubel by just 0.008 seconds after the pair had dominated
the race. Swiss rider Thomas Luthi completed the podium.

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Kristen
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A
Modern Day Nancy Drew
heats up UPN Television, Tuesdays 9/8C In the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune,
the rich and powerful make the rules, they own the town
and the high school, and desperately try to keep their
dirty little secrets just that…secret. Unfortunately
for them, there's Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 17-year-old
apprentice private investigator dedicated to solving
the town's toughest mysteries.

Veronica
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girls, walking the halls of Neptune High with the rest
of the "beautiful people." But it all came
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was murdered and her then-Sheriff father Keith Mars
(Enrico Colantoni) was removed from office for naming
Lilly's billionaire father, Jake Kane, as the lead suspect.

During
the day, Veronica must negotiate high school like any
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her father's struggling, new private investigator business,
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It’s
no secret the Ducati’s Multistrada 1000 DS which was
first introduced back in 2003 was one of our favorite motorcycles.
The somewhat quirky looking, do everything aircooled V-twin
Desmo did everything really well. It may not have been the
world’s best bike in any one particular category from
canyon carver, to off road adventure bike, to around town
commuter, to cross country tourer -but it was very close.
It does excel in everything really well.

No
other bike on the market is quite capable of matching the
Ducati Multistrada for overall versatility, performance and
just sheer riding pleasure. Now with the introduction of the
new upgraded Ohlins suspended 1000S model for 2005 the Multistrada
has become so close to perfect in so many categories that,
as an overall package the staff at FastDates.com, the world's
premier streetbike website, feels the new Multi S is the world’s
best streetbike. It’s so good in fact, we decided to
create an award and make the Multistrada 1000S
our first ever FastDates.com Bike of the Year for
2005. Our congradulations go out to Ducati and Multistrada
designer Pierre Terblanche for creating the perfect bike.

LA
Calendar Motorcycle Show
on July 16-17th is new qualifying round of the
AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building

Los
Angeles, CA, April 11th
- The Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show,
America's premier custom and performance street bike event
is excited to announce its affiliation with American
Motorcycle Dealer magazine, the world's leading
dealer trade magazine for the American V-Twin market,
as an official Affiliate Sponsor and Qualifying
Round of the AMD Pro Show World Championship
of Custom Bike Building sponsored by Custom Chrome.

The
Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show is produced by Gianatsis
Design Associates, a well-known and respected advertising
design agency in the motorsports market, and producer of the
world famous FastDates.com Motorcycle Calendars and Website.
Agency Director Jim Gianatsis had this to say
about the Show's new affiliation with the AMD Pro Show-

"We
have been a strong supporter and friends with publisher Robin
Bradley and his American Motorcycle Dealer
magazine since he first began publishing it some 10 years ago.
For our own advertising clients like Mikuni American
and STD Performance, Robin's AMD magazine is
the most effective, affordable and attractive way of reaching
dealers and distributors world-wide in the American V-Twin market.

Our affiliation
as a Qualifying Round for AMD Pro Show's World Championship
of Custom Bike Building sponsored by Custom Chrome is a natural
pairing. It brings together our LA Calendar Show, America's
premier custom and performance consumer street motorcycle event
with its key industry manufacturers and retailiers exhibiting
their products here to the public, our international media attention
from all the world's top motorcycle magazines and TV shows,
along with many of the world's top custom bike builders showcasing
their hottest newest machinery here,now joining together with
AMD's recently established World Championship of Custom Bike
Building which will is poised to become the crown jewel in the
professional bike building world.

The LA
Calendar Motorcycle Show qualifier with its own huge $70,000
Cash and Awards Purse, will be taking place again this year
at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA, the 3rd weekend of July
on the 16-17th this year, will give our Performance
Machine Best of Show winner, Best Performance
Machine Equipped Bike winner, and the top 3 winners
in our Pro Builders Class a guaranted invitation
to the AMD World Championship final in Las Vegas on November
15-16th 2005 with its own huge $50,000 cash purse posted by
sponsor Custom Chrome.

The
tie-in is even more significant because Custom
Chrome and Motorcycle Stuff
under the Global Motorsports Group, are
two of the major distributors of our FastDates.com Calendars.
Even more exciting is the fact that last year's AMD World
Championship winner, Roger Goldammer Cycle Works
out of Canada and his beautiful retro Board Track racer,
are featured on the cover of the upcoming new 2006 Iron
& Lace Custom Motorcycle Pinup Calendar which
will premier at our LA Show in July."

For additional
information on the LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Qualifier in
July go to Bike Show.
For additional information on the AMD World Final in Novemebr
go to AMDProShow.com.

Yamaha
GMT Team Conquers Le Mans 24 Hour RaceLeMans, FR, April 17th - World Endurance
champions Yamaha GMT94 fulfilled a life-long ambition by winning
one of the world's most prestigious races - the Le Mans 24
hour - this weekend. The R1 squad and their championship winning
riders David Checa, William Costes and Sebastien Gimbert won
a pulsating race, defeating rivals Castrol Suzuki by just
over 20 seconds at the end of 24 hours and a record 830 laps
of the famous circuit.

Starting
from pole position, the GMT trio displayed their famous consistency
to lead the early stages, until Checa was forced to make an
unscheduled pit stop to repair his gear lever after four hours.
But by midnight the Yamaha team regained a lead it would never
lose, due in no small part to the team's lightning fast pit
work. A cautionary pit stop in the final hour to investigate
a possible oil leak allowed the Suzuki team to close the gap
but with men and machine showing few signs of tiredness, Checa
was able to maintain his fast pace to the very end to fend
off a late challenge from his rivals.

Yamaha also won the Stocksport class, with Belgian team Acropolis
finishing fifth overall with 802 laps completed.

"There has never been any doubt in my mind that we could
win Le Mans this year,"said team rider David Checa. We
have tested for this, we knew we had the machine that would
win, we knew we had the tyres and I knew that my friends William
and Sebastien were just as happy as me with the whole package.
When we came to Le Mans I knew that, as a team, we were faster
than Suzuki and there was just no doubt in my mind that we
would win, no doubt at all"

"We have all worked so hard for this," exclaimed
team mate Christophe Guyot, "not only the riders but
everybody in the team. GMT94 is more like a family than a
team. We have put our hearts into this. When I made the decision
to go with Yamaha I knew that this moment would come, I had
no doubts in my mind. But it's only the first, there will
be more!"

Ballentine
Does
LA Calendar
Bike ShowJust
one of the incredible bands a t his July's LA Calendar Motorcycle
Show is Ballentine, an LA based pop/punk/rock band, began by touring
internationally with the USO. Shortly after, they signed an "In-Theater"
documentary deal with MovieTunes, which led to having numerous
songs from their album, "4U" played in over 20,000 AMC/Carmike
Theaters nationwide. Heather (lead vocals) and Frank (bass/vocals)
starred on ABC's nationally televised summer reality show, "The
Ultimate Love Test" which exposed Ballentine's music to millions
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and Lightyear / WEA (Warner/Electra/Atlantic).
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FIM
announcement. MotoGPWorld Championship Grand Prix
Turkish Grand Prix confirmed
May 22nd - Following the agreement signed between the Turkish
Motorcycling Federation (TMF) and Dorna Sports, the FIM confirms
that the Turkish Grand Prix will take place on the circuit of
Istanbul on October 23 next.

Taobao.com
announced as title sponsor for MotoGP’s first ever event
in China
May 22nd - Dorna Sports and Shanghai International Circuit are
pleased to announce that the title sponsorship of the first ever
MotoGP event in China, which will take place in Shanghai on May
1st, has been granted to taobao.com, one of China's most successful
e-commerce websites.
Taobao.com was started in July 2003 and is now the leading e-commerce
trade platform in China. In 2004 it was ranked amongst the top
25 most visited websites in the world, with over 56 million page
views per day and more than 5.5 million registered users.

Taobao.com
have signed a one-year agreement to become the title sponsor of
MotoGP’s Chinese round and therefore the upcoming event
will be officially named Taobao.com Grand Prix of China.

The title
sponsorship agreement includes a strategic cooperative partnership
with Shanghai International Circuit. This involves taobao.com
becoming the exclusive Internet auction platform for the Shanghai
International Circuit, participating fully in the life and event
programme of the circuit.

Carlos
Checka gets Ducati into the top 5 in difficult conditions is PortugalPortuguese
Grand Prix, Estoril
Race Day, Sunday April 17 2005 - Ducati Marlboro Team riders Carlos
Checa and Loris Capirossi each scored top ten finishes after an
eventful 28-lap Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril, with Checa an
eventual fifth after a difficult opening few laps. Starting from
the front row, he dropped down the order until his rear tyre started
to work on the cool track conditions and despite wet sections
on the track for long periods, he progressed to the top five.

With 20 laps
remaining the white flag, signifying rain on the track surface
and allowing riders to come in and change to machines with a pre-arranged
wet set-up, was shown. All riders nonetheless persevered, with
Checa making up ground in the tricky conditions and Capirossi
battling against the pain of his ankle injury.

Ducati MotoGP
Project Manager Livio Suppo stated: "So finally we saw how
the new flag-to-flag rules were in a race. That was a typical
situation in which it was difficult to make a decision, as it
was tough to see how hard the rain was coming but in the end it
all worked out. If they had stopped the race I think it would
not have been any different. In terms of the result we are more
or less happy. Considering everything Carlos had a good fight
and he took fifth place from really nothing. Loris, we have to
remember, is still injured. So both riders finished with points,
both in the top ten. Thanks to all our technical partners, especially
Shell Advance and Bridgestone."

CHECA OVERCOMES
TRICKY CONDITIONS FOR FIFTH
The Ducati Marlboro Team rider made a terrific start to the race,
capitalising on his front row start, but dropped back, recovering
at the finish.

"When
you consider the things we had to carry into this weekend, with
my shoulder injury and so on, to finish fifth is a positive result.
With more side grip in the later laps my suspension started working
better and I regained confidence. Then I was able to establish
my pace. Fourth was possible but I braked quite hard passing Melandri
and ran wide. The most difficult thing today was to see the flags
signalling rain when I was on slicks at 300kmph. That was really
scary!"
CAPIROSSI TOUGHS IT OUT

FOR A TOP
TEN FINISH
The Ducati Marlboro Team man had an especially difficult race,
in pain from his ankle and having to ride carefully to even finish.
"Overall I'm happy it's finished because I am not suffering
too much pain anymore. Now with a free weekend I will be able
to continue my therapy. The track conditions were really unbelievable.
Some places it was wet, other places dry and no one stopped in
the pits, because it would have been pointless. Luckily only a
few riders fell and none fell down in the last three or four laps,
when it began raining even more heavily. I tried to be careful
and to finish so I brought home some points. The bike has improved
and we are working on it very well so I'm confident for next races,
when I'll be 100%".

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HODGSON
AND BOSTROM TO ATTACK DIFFICULT BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK COURSE
May 22nd -The Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin team travels to Birmingham,
Alabama this weekend for rounds two and three of the 2005 AMA
Superbike Championship. The scenic Barber Motorsports Park, located
outside the city in the Alabama hills, will see the first race
action in the series since last month's Daytona opener. Racers
Neil Hodgson and Eric Bostrom hope to capitalize on the team's
extensive testing of their factory Ducati 999 race machines since
the first race of the season.

For Hodgson,
the former World Superbike Champion who has come to the U.S. this
year in a bid to become the first man to win the British, World,
and American Superbike titles, last month's test at the Birmingham
circuit known for its tight series of turns and blind corners
was a valuable experience. "I'm learning all the tracks in
America, and this one's no different. I thought this track looked
to be the most 'normal' of the tracks by watching the videos (of
previous races). From riding at the test, it's clearly different
than I thought it would be," said the Isle of Man resident
currently second in AMA points.

"For
such a small circuit, it is still very technical and that's the
sign of a good track. I've not made friends with it yet and we're
still fighting," laughed Hodgson. "The tricky part is
that there's a lot of off-camber braking and fast corners that
you can't see the entry. It's quite difficult but I think it's
the type of place where you come back for the second time and
feel a lot more comfortable. I'm really looking forward to getting
back to racing after all this testing."

Eric Bostrom,
winner of 12 AMA Superbike races in his career, is still working
on adapting the powerful Ducati 999's suspension settings to fit
his distinctive riding style. Bostrom showed a marked improvement
at recent tests, however. "It's coming good. We've come a
long way. Now we need to get the bike setup just a little bit
better, then I think that will improve my riding as well,"
says Bostrom. "We're making progress and getting closer to
where we want to be."

Eric agrees
the Birmingham circuit is a challenging one, a track that doesn't
allow a mighty machine like the Ducati 999 to fully make use of
its powerful engine. "The track is really a monster,"
says Bostrom, who finished fourth and seventh in last year's Barber
Motorsport Park Superbike races. "Except for the Esses down
by the museum, there aren't a lot of flat turns. Even the Esses
aren't very flat, either. Every turn is a challenge because the
bike is weighted and unweighted so much. You'll brake uphill and
then have to turn on a downhill. Setup is always a real compromise
at Barber. It's really a very cool racetrack, but it is very difficult."

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Gauloises Yamaha
Team Test
Estoril, PortugalROSSI AND EDWARDS COMPLETE POSITIVE DAY OF
TESTING IN ESTORIL
Monday, 18th April 2005 - Valentino Rossi and his Gauloises Yamaha
team-mate Colin Edwards rounded off the Portuguese stage of the
MotoGP World Championship with a further day of testing at Estoril
today, following their respective second and sixth-place finishes
in yesterday’s Grand Prix.
With the weather conditions slightly better than during the damp
race, the team continued to work on the set-up and development of
the 2005-spec YZR-M1, testing alongside the Fortuna Yamaha Team
and riders from Suzuki, Ducati and Kawasaki. As the tricky conditions
yesterday highlighted some of the small problems that still exist
with the bike, today offered the riders the perfect chance to understand
them and work to rectify them, ahead of round three of the Championship
in Shanghai on May 1st.\

Valentino
Rossi
“This was a positive test and we’ve had some good
results from our work today. We had some problems yesterday and
we managed to work through them and understand what happened during
the race. I think that we’ve made some steps forward and
I feel happy about what we have done here. I hope that everything
we have found out today will help us in China for the next race.”

Colin Edwards
“I think I’m moving forward and I am happy with the
progress we’ve made today. Michelin have been working really
hard and they brought some good stuff for us to try. We definitely
made the bike better today. We worked on ways to make the bike
more responsive and I definitely feel more in control. It’s
left me feeling confident and looking forward to the next stage
in China.”

Davide Brivio
– Gauloises Yamaha Team Director
“Today has helped us to understand some of the difficulties
we had yesterday. Valentino has worked on chassis set-up and the
balance of the bike and also on the electronics and mapping. Colin
also did some work on mapping and looked at ways to improve the
power delivery and rideability of the bike. It’s been a
positive and worthwhile test for both the riders. Now we are looking
forward to putting it all to good use in Shanghai.”

Bridgestone
boost for Team SUZUKI MotoGP
Team SUZUKI MotoGP racers John Hopkins and Kenny Roberts Jr enjoyed
a successful test at Estoril in Portugal today as they put new
construction Bridgestone race tyres through their paces.
Just one day after the second round of the MotoGP World Championship
was held at Estoril, the two Suzuki riders were back on track
pushing the new Bridgestone tyres to their limits on their GSV-R
prototype race bikes.
Clocking consistently fast lap times, both riders praised the
performance of the new Bridgestone rubber.
Tom O'Kane, Chief Technician to Kenny Roberts Jr, said: "The
new Bridgestone tyres seem to be a step forward. The riders found
improvements in many areas, including endurance and drive grip.
Bridgestone will now put the new tyres into production for us."

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Southern
California Ducati Dealers Track and Demo Day - April 25th!
We've just gotten word from the organizers, and while space is
filling up, there are a few key spots left available for the Southern
California Ducati Dealers track day which will be held on Monday,
April 25th.
You can either sit at work all day or haul ass around a racetrack.
Here is the deal:
The track day will be held at the Fontana Speedway, on the AMA
racing course. (Nice.)
$195 for Ducatis, $220 for all other makes.

Demo street
rides of 2005 Ducati models will be part of the event.
Want some instruction? The last word we heard had one (1) spot
still left in the t! rack rider school. First come, first serve.
With a bit of luck and $10 0 the spot can be yours. There are
still spots in each of the three levels of experience, with Novice
(Level 1) spots going fast.

Interested riders should call 818 249-5707

Job
Openings : Pro Italia Expands to Santa Barbara
Pro Italia Motorsports (Ducati, Aprilia, MV Agusta) is currently
seeking experienced full and/or part-time staf! f; Parts Sales,
Service Technician and Motorcycle Sales. Opportunities are available
in their Glendale showroom as well as their soon-to-be announced
Santa Barbara shop. Compensation based on experience. Benefits
include health insurance and 401K. Some Sunday work.
To apply download and complete our application. Fax application
to 818 249-3402, or drop it off at Pro Italia. No calls please.

Yamaha
takes on Honda!
Announces its MotoGP Scooter deal to fill out the starting grid
with an equal number of YamahasJerez,
Spain 14/4/2005 - Yamaha is proud to announce a two year deal with
MotoGP series promoter Dorna that has seen the Japanese motorcycling
giant become the Scooter supplier of the MotoGP World Championship.
The agreement, which was sealed on the eve of the opening round
of the 2005 season - held in Jerez, Spain - includes Yamaha supplying
the championship organizer Dorna with a fleet of limited edition
50cc BW's scooter which will be used through the 2005 and 2006 seasons.

Yamaha
Motor Europe's Manager of the Power Two-Wheeler Marketing and Sales
Division Robert Landman presented the new fleet of MotoGP liveried
BW's to Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta at the Jerez MotoGP. The limited
edition MotoGP BW's livery features the official MotoGP logo, race-inspired
colour scheme as well as track maps of each circuit featured on
the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In addition the liquid-cooled unit also
boasts a carbon-fiber replica seat and trick instrument dash layout.
Production replicas of the Yamaha MotoGP Scooter will be on sale
from June at your local dealer. For more information on this and
the rest of Yamaha's motorcycle range visitwww.yamaha-motor-europe.com

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CBR1000RR
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to Ten Kate World Superbike, and Al Ludington's Miguel
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